Classification of Living Things Vocabulary Quiz

A kingdom of mostly one-celled, or multicellular organisms that are different from plants_____.

• animalia

• protisa

• fungi

• Plantae

____ is a group of organisms that are closely related and can produce offspring.

• taxonomy

• bacteria

• genus

• species

______ represents the largest differences among organism.

• fungi

• domain

• eukarya

• bacteria

Scientists often use a type of branching diagram called ____ to show relationships among species.

• microscope

• taxonomy

• cladogram

• measuring tape

The level of classification that comes after family and that contains similar species is called ______

• family

• species

• domain

• genus

___ is made up of prokaryotes that usually have a cell wall and reproduce by cell division.

• fungi

• bacteria

• archea

• domain

_____ made up of all eukaryotes.

• animalia

• protist

• plantae

• eukarya

____ are made up of prokaryotes, that live in extreme harsh environments.

• bacteria

• archaea

• fungi

• protist

_____ the kingdom that is multicellular, lacks a cell wall, and is heterotrophic.

• protist

• plantae

• fungi

• animalia

How many levels do scientist use to classify living things____?

• 6

• 8

• 7

• 10